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Mipham Rinpoche The Sadhana of Shakyamuni Buddha The Treasury Of Blessings Of The Liturgy Of The Muni by translated by Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche and Gerry Weiner Pema Karpo Meditation Center

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Mipham Rinpoche

The Sadhana of Shakyamuni Buddha

The Treasury Of Blessings Of TheLiturgy Of The Muni

by

translated byKhenpo Gawang Rinpoche and Gerry Weiner

Pema Karpo Meditation Center

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ShaKyamuni BuddhaEiGht hEaRt SonS

SixtEEn aRhatS

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The Treasury Of Blessings Of TheLiturgy Of The Muni

Adhistani Dhikosha Muni Bodhi Biharatisma

Namo Guru Shakyamunaye

As is said in the Samadhirajasutra: When walking, sitting, standing or sleeping, if you recall the moon of the Muni, then the Teacher will always reside in your presence and you will attain vast nirvana.

It is taught:With a pure form like the color of gold, the lord of the world is completely resplendent. If one brings his image to mind it is the equipoise of the bodhisattvas.

The practice of the yoga of recalling the Lord Muni, our unequalled teacher, is like this. Do the preliminaries by taking refuge in the Buddha, giving rise to bodhicitta and meditating on the four immeasurables.

in the Buddha, dharma and Supreme assembly, i take refuge until attaining enlightenment.

through the merit produced by my practice of meditation and recitation, may all sentient beings receive benefit and attain the state of enlightenment.

(recite three times then contemplate)

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may all sentient beings possess happiness and the root of happiness.may they be free from suffering and theroot of suffering.may they not be separate from the great happiness devoid of suffering.may they dwell in great equanimity free from attachment and aversion, near and far.

(recite three times then contemplate)

The appearances of all phenomena have no inherent existence. Keeping the meaning of that in mind:

ahunborn emptiness and the unceasing appearances of dependent arising are the way of illusory unity.

in front of oneself, amidst oceans of clouds of offerings in space, on a precious lion throne, sitting on top of a lotus, sun and moon is the unequalled teacher, the Lion of the Shakyas.

he is gold in color and is endowed with the major and minor marks. he is clothed in the three dharma robes and sits in the vajra posture.

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his right hand is beautifully extended in the earth touching mudra. his left is in the meditation mudra holding a begging bowl filled with amrita.

Blazing with confidence like a mountain of gold, his wisdom light rays emanate pervading the realm of space. his retinue of eight heart sons, sixteen arhats, and oceans of assemblies of noble ones form a complete circle around him.

merely recalling him, one is completely liberated from the two extremes of samsara and nirvana and is granted glorious supreme bliss.

Visualize him as the great embodiment of the assembly of all refuge.

Concentrate on the form of the Buddha in that manner. Think that he is actually sitting in your presence, and instantly give rise to bodhichitta. The wisdom form of the Buddha transcends all directions, times, and notions of near and far. Therefore, wherever you visualize, he will abide there with certainty.

From the sutras:If you bring the Buddha to mind, he will reside in your presence. He will always grant you blessings and will completely liberate you from all faults.

Having visualized the victorious one, one gains inexhaustible merit and the resultant virtue will never go to waste.

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From the Avatamsaka sutra:If you hear, see or make offering to the victorious one, then masses of immeasurable merit will increase. You will abandon all sufferings of the kleshas and samsara and the relative virtue produced will never diminish.

If you make aspiration to the Buddha in front, then one will accomplish virtue like that.

From the Teachings of the Qualities of the Pure Realm of Mañjushri:

Since all phenomena are conditioned everything depends upon the point of one’s aspiration. So for whatever aspiration you make, you will obtain the appropriate fruition.

Give rise to stable certainty in this manner.

through great compassion, you took birth in the realm of the degenerate age of Strife and made five hundred great aspirations. By hearing your name praised like the White Lotus, one does not return. We prostrate to the compassionate muni.

the virtues and riches that i and others have acquired through body, speech and mind we offer, visualizing clouds of Samantabhadra offerings.

all the evil deeds and downfalls we have accumulated from beginningless time we confess one by one with intense remorse in our hearts.

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We rejoice in the virtues of the noble ones and other individuals accumulated in the three times.

Please continuously turn the wheel of the profound and vast dharma in the ten directions.

your wisdom form is like space abiding without change in the three times, however for the benefit of disciples to show the way of birth and death, please always appear as the emanation of the rupakaya.

We dedicate all the collected virtue that we have gathered in the three times in order to benefit all beings pervading space.

dharmaraja, may this be pleasing to you and may we attain the state of the victorious dharma lord.

We are living in the dark age and are without protector. With kindness please hold us withsuperior compassion.

in this realm and time, the multiplicity of appearances of the three precious jewels are the expression of your enlightened activity.

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therefore, you are the single, unequalled supreme refuge.

We supplicate you from our hearts with confidence and faith. Please do not forget your former great vow and until we attain enlightenment please hold us joyfully with compassion.

With intense confident faith, visualize clearly and one-pointedly the form of the Muni thinking he is actually present:

Guru, Teacher, Bhagavat, Tathagatha, Arhat, perfect and complete Buddha, magnificent victorious one, Shakyamuni – I prostrate, offer, and take refuge.

(recite this as many times as you can.)

The way of invocation is the mantra from the Few Syllables Prajñaparamita [Sutra]:

TADYATHA OM MUNE MUNEMAHA MUNAYE SVAHA

(do this a few times and then starting with OM, recite the mantra as many times as you can.)

Through the power of; recalling the Muni's qualities, clearly and one-pointedly visualizing his form with a mind of faith, and by reciting his names and mantra:

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imagine that a variety of wisdom light rays emanate profusely from the form of the muni and clarify all obscurations of oneself and all sentient beings.

Contemplate that the correct qualities of the path of the mahayana arise and that you reside on the bhumi of non-returning.

Exert yourself in doing this practice as much as you can. During breaks make offerings of mandalas and so forth, recite different types of praises to the Muni. Read the White Lotus of Compassion, the Vast Play, the Variety of Rebirths, the One Hundred and Eight Names of the Tathagata and other sutras of your own choosing as much as you can.

Seal this by dedicating the virtue to unsurpassable enlightenment and by making aspiration.

By this virtue, may i quickly attain the enlightenment of the Buddha. may all beings without exception be established in that state.

in order to be as wise as the warrior mañjushri and to be just like Samantabhadra, i will follow your examples in all activities. i fully dedicate the entirety of such virtue to all beings.

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Generally, in all situations of walking, sleeping, sitting, and so forth you should recall the Muni himself without forgetting. Even at night, visualize that the Muni is actually present and that lightrays emanate from his form illuminating all directions just as if it was as clear as day. Within this perception, rest in sleep.

At all times,begin by giving rise to bodhicitta just as the Munidid earlier. Follow the life examples of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the three times and do not let your precious bodhisattva vow deteriorate.

Within that, perform the general activities of a bodhisattva and in particular exert yourself as much as you can in the yoga of shamatha and vipashyana. Make this free and well-favored life meaningful.

By merely hearing the name of our teacher, the Muni, stage by stage, one travels the path of great enlightenment and reaches the bhumi of non-returning – this is stated in many sutras.

In regard to the mantra taught earlier it is said in the Few Syllables Prajñaparamita [Sutra]:

All the Buddhas come from this mantra recitation. Through the power of finding this manta the King of the Shakyas became enlightened and Avalokiteshvara became a supreme bodhisattva. By merely hearing this mantra, one accumulates vast and great merit without difficulty and all karmic obscurations are purified. When practicing this mantra, your accomplishment will be without obstacles.

Other sutras say this mantra is the authentic essence of the tathagatha Shakyamuni, reciting this mantra only once will purify all the evil deeds accumulated throughout eight hundred billion kalpas and that there will be other innumerable benefits.

I will explain in other writings, the manner in which one should give rise to faith and exert oneself in the meditations of shamatha and vipashyana.

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Ön Rinpoche Ugyen Tendzin Norbu, the holder of the three trainings, made an auspicious offering of a celestial white scarf and urged me insistently to write this text. I did not forget and recently Ön Rinpoche sent the messenger, Tulku Jigme PadmaDechen with a present of gold and so forth and an auspicious celestial white scarf to quickly accomplish this.

Holding to my promise and in dependence on their requests, I obtained unbreakable faith in the supreme teacher. At this time of the degenerate age, holding the mere title of an expounder of the teachings, I, Mipham Jamyang Gyatso, a follower of Shakyamuni, wrote this composition at Puntshog Norbu Ling at the side of the mountain Dza Dorje Phanchug.

This work was completed in the Male Iron Mouse year on the eighth day of the waxing moon of the month of Great Miracles.

Through this may there be unceasing marvelous benefit for the teachings and beings, and in this way, may those who see, hear, recall, or touch this, receive the unequaled blessings of the lord of teachers in their beings. Mangalam.

Translation © 2008 by Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche and Gerry Wiener.

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